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Fighting
Machines
Student newspaper of the University of Southern
Charlie's Angels are hack with a new attitude and look. Find out if the new Jlick heats the ’70s TV show /10
California
Tax plans distinguish candidates
By LAIA GRINO
StalT Writer
One of the most hotly debated issues in this year’s presidential campaign has been what to do with the surplus, especially when it comes to tax cuts. While several USC students said the candidates' economic plans were not a deciding factor in who they would vote for, others have formed definite opinions.
"Bush is for the rich," said Mark Todd, a junior majoring in econom-
YOUR MONEY
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ics. "He wants the rich to get richer.” Dan Brown, a freshman majoring in public policy and management, believes Bushs plan is better. “Bush gives a tax cut to everyone," he said. “Gore's (plan) only helps the
middle class.”
Gov. George W. Bush’s plan consists of a $ 1.3-trillion tax cut over the next 10 years, while Vice President Al Gore’s calls for $575 billion in targeted tax cuts, according to the Washington Post web site.
The difference in the two proposals, Gore has repeatedly said, reflects a difference in priorities.
“(Bush) would spend more money on tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent than all of the new spending that he proposes for education, health care, prescription
drugs and national defense, all combined," Gore said in the first of three presidential debates.
“I am proposing an economic policy that’s tried and tested," he said on his web site. “Fiscal discipline as the foundation...No runaway spending, no paybacks for the powerful interests and no budget-busting proposals."
The economic prosperity America is enjoying is one reason some students will vote for Gore.
“Everything's been going good,"
I see Money, page 17 I
Thursday
♦
November 2, 2000
Of interest...
Explore the unseen and often brutal world of the trenches on the gridiron / 20
News Digest 2 Roundup 2 Opinions 4 'SCribbles 4
Weekend 7 Classifieds 16 Crossword 17 Sports 20
vol. CXXXXI, no. 46 www.usc.edu/dt
Popular culture is popular
strategy
Campaign: Candidates increasingly appear on late-night shows to appeal to the younger crowd
By BETH COOMBS
Contributing Writer
In this age of apathy and decreasing voter turnout among youth, presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush are using popular culture like never before to campaign and appeal to voters in new ways.
CAMPAIGN
♦
Politicians have been using pop culture to get votes ever since Nixon went on Jack Paar’s talk show in the early 1960s. But since President Bill Clinton appeared on the “Arsenic Hall Show” in a pair of sunglasses and a saxophone in 1992, pop-cul-ture campaigning has been a growing trend.
This election year, that trend has gone through the roof. On consecutive nights earlier this week, Bush and Gore each made Jay Leno's “Tonight Show" a stop on their brief campaign blitzes through California.
Informal television interviews with Leno, David Letterman and Oprah Winfrey and appearances on the cover of popular magazines such as Rolling Stone are a chance for the viewing public “to feel closer to the candidate’s genuine persona," according to the New York Times Magazine.
I see Campaign, page 15 I
Nation-wide nursing shortage prompts scrutiny of field
Health: USC is looking to recruit and retain more students for its program
By NEIL CHRISTOPHER APELES
Staff Writer
Though the country faces a decline in the number of nurses entering the workforce, the need for such health care workers to treat the aging population is on the rise.
In response to the nation-wide trend, hundreds of nurses from
around the country, including professors from the USC School of Nursing, convened downtown on Wednesday to discuss proposals for strengthening the field.
“Just when our population needs the nursing profession the most, because of the elderly population, we’re going the other way," said Peter Buerhaus, associate dean for research and professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University, at the conference. “These shortages need to be seen as alarm bells."
The majority of the Baby Boomer
generation nurses faced with the responsibilities of caring for families and aging parents often become inactive in the workforce. And with increasing career opportunities, many women are choosing other professions than nursing.
In addition, there remains a stigma for men and minorities in nursing. Men are commonly drawn to professions like emergency medical technicians and paramedics, but they often fail to seriously consider nursing as a career option.
As the shortage impacts the
overall quality of health care, hospitals are looking for ways to use nurses more effectively instead of looking at the causes of the shortage.
“I'm not saying that (hospitals) have bad intentions, but hospitals have an economic need to survive," Buerhaus said. “They will do what they have to do.”
Overall, nursing annually sees one of the largest numerical growths of all occupations. However, California is not compensating for the increased demand for nurses. “Fifty percent of our workforce
comes from other states and countries,” said Karen Sechrist, the chair of the California Strategic Planning Committee for Nursing.
Long school waiting lists and a misunderstanding of the profession cause many prospective nurses to drop out of the field. Some still view nurses as those giving bedpans and passing pills though the duties have evolved far beyond those tasks.
“We do not take responsibility for educating nurses in this state,” Sechrist said.
I see Health, page 2 I
A hot night
Birnkrant fire: Melissa Patterson, a junior majoring in biomedical engineering, waits outside of Birnkrant Residence Hall. A dorm room fire, determined by the Los Angeles Fire Department to have been caused by an electrical short in a microwave oven, occurred at approximately 10:50 p.m. Tuesday. The two residents living there tried to fight the source with fire extinguishers, but were unsuccessful, said Department of Public Safety Lt.
Chi Kuang Hwang I Daily Troian
Hugh Mears. DPS officers and the LAFD responded to the fire alarm activation at the scene. The building was evacuated for about 65 minutes. Residents were permitted to return to their rooms around midnight.
Although the fire was limited to the room, there was about $2,000 worth of damage, including smoke, heat and chemical damage, Mears said. The two students were transferred to temporary quarters for the night.

Fighting
Machines
Student newspaper of the University of Southern
Charlie's Angels are hack with a new attitude and look. Find out if the new Jlick heats the ’70s TV show /10
California
Tax plans distinguish candidates
By LAIA GRINO
StalT Writer
One of the most hotly debated issues in this year’s presidential campaign has been what to do with the surplus, especially when it comes to tax cuts. While several USC students said the candidates' economic plans were not a deciding factor in who they would vote for, others have formed definite opinions.
"Bush is for the rich," said Mark Todd, a junior majoring in econom-
YOUR MONEY
----♦--
ics. "He wants the rich to get richer.” Dan Brown, a freshman majoring in public policy and management, believes Bushs plan is better. “Bush gives a tax cut to everyone," he said. “Gore's (plan) only helps the
middle class.”
Gov. George W. Bush’s plan consists of a $ 1.3-trillion tax cut over the next 10 years, while Vice President Al Gore’s calls for $575 billion in targeted tax cuts, according to the Washington Post web site.
The difference in the two proposals, Gore has repeatedly said, reflects a difference in priorities.
“(Bush) would spend more money on tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent than all of the new spending that he proposes for education, health care, prescription
drugs and national defense, all combined," Gore said in the first of three presidential debates.
“I am proposing an economic policy that’s tried and tested," he said on his web site. “Fiscal discipline as the foundation...No runaway spending, no paybacks for the powerful interests and no budget-busting proposals."
The economic prosperity America is enjoying is one reason some students will vote for Gore.
“Everything's been going good,"
I see Money, page 17 I
Thursday
♦
November 2, 2000
Of interest...
Explore the unseen and often brutal world of the trenches on the gridiron / 20
News Digest 2 Roundup 2 Opinions 4 'SCribbles 4
Weekend 7 Classifieds 16 Crossword 17 Sports 20
vol. CXXXXI, no. 46 www.usc.edu/dt
Popular culture is popular
strategy
Campaign: Candidates increasingly appear on late-night shows to appeal to the younger crowd
By BETH COOMBS
Contributing Writer
In this age of apathy and decreasing voter turnout among youth, presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush are using popular culture like never before to campaign and appeal to voters in new ways.
CAMPAIGN
♦
Politicians have been using pop culture to get votes ever since Nixon went on Jack Paar’s talk show in the early 1960s. But since President Bill Clinton appeared on the “Arsenic Hall Show” in a pair of sunglasses and a saxophone in 1992, pop-cul-ture campaigning has been a growing trend.
This election year, that trend has gone through the roof. On consecutive nights earlier this week, Bush and Gore each made Jay Leno's “Tonight Show" a stop on their brief campaign blitzes through California.
Informal television interviews with Leno, David Letterman and Oprah Winfrey and appearances on the cover of popular magazines such as Rolling Stone are a chance for the viewing public “to feel closer to the candidate’s genuine persona," according to the New York Times Magazine.
I see Campaign, page 15 I
Nation-wide nursing shortage prompts scrutiny of field
Health: USC is looking to recruit and retain more students for its program
By NEIL CHRISTOPHER APELES
Staff Writer
Though the country faces a decline in the number of nurses entering the workforce, the need for such health care workers to treat the aging population is on the rise.
In response to the nation-wide trend, hundreds of nurses from
around the country, including professors from the USC School of Nursing, convened downtown on Wednesday to discuss proposals for strengthening the field.
“Just when our population needs the nursing profession the most, because of the elderly population, we’re going the other way," said Peter Buerhaus, associate dean for research and professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University, at the conference. “These shortages need to be seen as alarm bells."
The majority of the Baby Boomer
generation nurses faced with the responsibilities of caring for families and aging parents often become inactive in the workforce. And with increasing career opportunities, many women are choosing other professions than nursing.
In addition, there remains a stigma for men and minorities in nursing. Men are commonly drawn to professions like emergency medical technicians and paramedics, but they often fail to seriously consider nursing as a career option.
As the shortage impacts the
overall quality of health care, hospitals are looking for ways to use nurses more effectively instead of looking at the causes of the shortage.
“I'm not saying that (hospitals) have bad intentions, but hospitals have an economic need to survive," Buerhaus said. “They will do what they have to do.”
Overall, nursing annually sees one of the largest numerical growths of all occupations. However, California is not compensating for the increased demand for nurses. “Fifty percent of our workforce
comes from other states and countries,” said Karen Sechrist, the chair of the California Strategic Planning Committee for Nursing.
Long school waiting lists and a misunderstanding of the profession cause many prospective nurses to drop out of the field. Some still view nurses as those giving bedpans and passing pills though the duties have evolved far beyond those tasks.
“We do not take responsibility for educating nurses in this state,” Sechrist said.
I see Health, page 2 I
A hot night
Birnkrant fire: Melissa Patterson, a junior majoring in biomedical engineering, waits outside of Birnkrant Residence Hall. A dorm room fire, determined by the Los Angeles Fire Department to have been caused by an electrical short in a microwave oven, occurred at approximately 10:50 p.m. Tuesday. The two residents living there tried to fight the source with fire extinguishers, but were unsuccessful, said Department of Public Safety Lt.
Chi Kuang Hwang I Daily Troian
Hugh Mears. DPS officers and the LAFD responded to the fire alarm activation at the scene. The building was evacuated for about 65 minutes. Residents were permitted to return to their rooms around midnight.
Although the fire was limited to the room, there was about $2,000 worth of damage, including smoke, heat and chemical damage, Mears said. The two students were transferred to temporary quarters for the night.